Racism...in Australia

2007 and racism is still a topic of concern, interest, debate. Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if it was eliminated or is that really just a dream?
I just read something really funny today. The Shiv Sena has burnt an effigy of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to protest the attacks on Indian students in Australia!!

It is the same racist Shiv Sena, who attack non-Maharhastrians in Mumbai if they try to get a job in the city? Is it the same shiv sena who attacked on Biharis & UP people in Maharashtra because they were employed there. This is the racism going inside the country.

And if our own country itself has so many racism or otherwise national problems, why’ve all these celebrities and the politicians playing such a big farce about the Australian issue. The Indian students are studying in Australia on their own will and I guess everyone should see both sides of the story. I say, it’s only fair to look at your own country before blaming others.

It's 2007 and after wars, protests, deaths, sacrifices, blood shed, memorials.... we are still looking racism in the face and experiencing it everyday. How sad. How scary. How sad and scary it is that with all the past efforts to eliminate racism, it is still here. Were these past efforts done in vain? It's scary to think, what our children and our children's children and so forth will have to go through and experience, because of race....racism! What have or are the leaders of this "great country" doing to eliminate racism...nothing. It's obviously not a topic of concern. What if our current leaders were faced with racism everyday...hmmm, then I guesses it would be a topic of concern. Where are the leaders of today who have a passion to end racism like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, JFK, Jimmy Carter.....I don't know too many who will make the history books.

How far have we come to understanding and eliminating racism...not far? How sad. How scary. How unfortunate. How disappointing. How long a road we have to go.

One lesson my mother taught me, "Baby, you belong to the human race!" That's what I'll instill in my children. I wish every mother could let their child know that that they belong to the human race!